Party of Independence and '48
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Party of Independence and '48
Függetlenségi és 48-as Párt |
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| First leader | Dániel Irányi |
| Last leader | Vince Nagy |
| Founded | 29 September 1884 |
| Dissolved | 13 April 1945 |
| Merger of | Independence Party (FP) and Party of 1848 (1848P) |
| Merged into | Independent Smallholders' Party (FKGP) |
| Headquarters | Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Ideology |
Classical liberalism '48 ideology |
| Political position |
Left-wing (in constitutional terms) |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Dark red |
The Party of Independence and '48 (Hungarian: Függetlenségi és 48-as Párt; F48P), also known mostly by its shortened form Independence Party (Hungarian: Függetlenségi Párt), was one of the two major political parties in the Kingdom of Hungary within Austria-Hungary, along with the Liberal Party then National Party of Work. During its existence, the F48P strongly opposed the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The party was revived after the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and restoration of the monarchy.
The Party of Independence and '48 was established in 1884 by a merger of the Independence Party and the Party of 1848.Lajos Kossuth was its spiritual leader until he died in 1894, and the party was also referred to as the "Kossuth Party" thereafter. From the 1896 elections onwards, it was the main opposition to the ruling Liberal Party. It won the 1905 and 1906 elections, but it lost the 1910 elections to the National Party of Work.
By this time the party was beginning to split into factions. Ferenc Kossuth and Albert Apponyi led a right-wing grouping that supported an alliance with Germany, whilst Gyula Justh and later Mihály Károlyi led a left-wing faction that opposed working with Germany. In 1916 the party split when Károlyi left to establish the United Party of Independence and '48, with Károlyi becoming Prime Minister in 1918. Following World War I, the party was severely weakened. It failed to win a seat in the 1920 elections. It ran in the 1922 elections as the Independence and '48 Kossuth Party, winning one seat, which it retained in the 1926 elections.
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